The intimate economies of Bangkok [[electronic resource] ] : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city / / Ara Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Ara |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.1/09593 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex role - Thailand - Bangkok
Capitalism - Social aspects - Thailand - Bangkok Globalization Women - Thailand - Social conditions Women - Thailand - Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
amway
anthropological study anthropologists avon ladies avon bangkok business relationships capitalism case studies commerce and business contemporary bangkok department stores economic boom economic development economic expansion economic history ethnographers ethnography feminist theory global economy globalization gogo bars identities malls modern lifestyles modern markets private life public life sex workers telecommunications textbooks thai society thailand tomboys tycoons |
ISBN |
1-282-35976-2
9786612359767 0-520-93743-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Transliteration And Dates -- Introduction: Intimate Economies -- 1. From Shophouse To Department Store -- 2. The Economies Of Intimacy In The Go-Go Bar -- 3. MBK: The Retail Revolution And The Infrastructure Of Romance -- 4. The Flexible Citizens Of IBC Cable TV -- 5. The Avon Lady, The Amway Plan, And The Making Of Thai Entrepreneurs -- Conclusion: The Intimacy Of Capitalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778486503321 |
Wilson Ara | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The intimate economies of Bangkok : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city / / Ara Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Ara |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.1/09593 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex role - Thailand - Bangkok
Capitalism - Social aspects - Thailand - Bangkok Globalization Women - Thailand - Social conditions Women - Thailand - Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
amway
anthropological study anthropologists avon ladies avon bangkok business relationships capitalism case studies commerce and business contemporary bangkok department stores economic boom economic development economic expansion economic history ethnographers ethnography feminist theory global economy globalization gogo bars identities malls modern lifestyles modern markets private life public life sex workers telecommunications textbooks thai society thailand tomboys tycoons |
ISBN |
1-282-35976-2
9786612359767 0-520-93743-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Transliteration And Dates -- Introduction: Intimate Economies -- 1. From Shophouse To Department Store -- 2. The Economies Of Intimacy In The Go-Go Bar -- 3. MBK: The Retail Revolution And The Infrastructure Of Romance -- 4. The Flexible Citizens Of IBC Cable TV -- 5. The Avon Lady, The Amway Plan, And The Making Of Thai Entrepreneurs -- Conclusion: The Intimacy Of Capitalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818397103321 |
Wilson Ara | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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